Coatbridge (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Coatbridge Burgh constituency |
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| Created: | 1918 |
| Abolished: | 1950 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Coatbridge was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) from 1918 to 1950, elected by the first past the post voting system.
It was formed by the division of Lanarkshire. The name was changed in 1950 to Coatbridge and Airdrie. A later constituency, Coatbridge and Chryston, existed between 1997 and 2005, until it was redrawn as Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill.
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[edit] Boundaries
From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The burghs of Coatbridge and Airdrie."
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | Arthur Louis Hamilton Buchanan | Coalition Conservative | |
| 1922 | James Welsh | Labour | |
| 1931 | William Paterson Templeton | Conservative | |
| 1935 | James Barr | Labour | |
| 1945 | Jean Mann | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished: see Coatbridge & Airdrie | ||
[edit] Election results
| General Election 1931: Coatbridge | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | William Paterson Templeton | 16,223 | |||
| Labour | James Welsh | 14,722 | |||
| New Party | W.W. Gilmour | 674 | |||
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[edit] Sources
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
